Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Puzzle: 72% of Americans claim to have read a book in the last year, but only 48% are even barely literate enough to read a newspaper.

Solution: Americans lie on phone surveys. 

Technically it's also possible the latter measurement is wrong, but it's unlikely. I've never gone wrong by assuming additional cynicism.

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